Workshop Overview

This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the possibilities of using Google in the Classroom. Participants will learn how to find resources and create activities using Google as another way of using technology tools in the classroom.

Workshop Handout
Google Reference Guide

Objectives

In this workshop, you will:

1. Define Google
2. Evaluate Google for classroom use
3. Search Google for Educators
4. Brainstorm Google Activities for the classroom
5. Create a classroom lesson using Google
6. Share a lesson activity

ISTE Standards

This workshop will help teachers accomplish the following standards:

1. Technology Operations and Concepts - Teachers demonstrate a sound understanding of technology operations and concepts. Teachers:
   B. demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies.
2. Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences - Teachers plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology. Teachers:
   B. apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences.
   C. identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
   D. plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
   E. plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.
3. Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum - Teachers implement curriculum plans, that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning. Teachers:
   A. facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards
   C. manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment.
4. Assessment and Evaluation - Teachers apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation strategies. Teachers:
   B. use technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and maximize student learning.
5. Productivity and Professional Practice - Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:
   B. continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning.
   C. apply technology to increase productivity.
   D. use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community in order to nurture student learning.

Common Google Terms

1. Google - the most basic term for google is a search engine.
2. Snippet - is a programming term for a small region of re-usable source code, machine code or text.
3. Breadcrumbs - Text-based Web site navigation tools for Moodle
4. URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - is the address of a resource, or file, available on the Internet
5. Cached link - is used to speed up certain computer operations by temporarily placing data, or a copy of it, in a location where it can be accessed more rapidly than normal.
6. Open-Source Software - Open source software is developed by a community of users who contribute functionality to a core program based on their own needs. Development costs are then spread out across the community of users. Moodle is an example of open-source software.
7. Wiki - Some courses will include a wiki, which allows learners to collaborate on writing projects by all writing and editing in a single online document.

History

Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, a Ph.D. student at Stanford working on the Stanford Digital Library Project (SDLP). The SDLP's goal was “to develop the enabling technologies for a single, integrated and universal digital library." and was funded through the National Science Foundation among other federal agencies.

Originally the search engine used the Stanford website with the domain google.stanford.edu. The domain google.com was registered on September 15, 1997. They formally incorporated their company, Google Inc., on September 4, 1998 at a friend's garage in Menlo Park, California.
Both Brin and Page had been against using advertising pop-ups in a search engine, or an "advertising funded search engines" model, and they wrote a research paper in 1998 on the topic while still students. However, they soon changed their minds and early on allowed simple text ads.[11]
The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol,"which refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros (although Enid Blyton used the word decades earlier in "Google Bun" - Chapter IX, The Magic Faraway Tree). Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb, "google," was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning, "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."

Articles

Google Apps Hit the Classroom - Google is making huge inroads following the same path, as its Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Apps Education Edition has been adopted by more and more schools.
Google Takes on Amazon - Google appears to be throwing down the gauntlet in the e-book market.
Google and Healthcare - In politics, every serious candidate for the White House has a health care plan. So too in business, where the two leading candidates for Web supremacy, Google and Microsoft, are working up their plans to improve the nation’s health care.
Where Yahoo leaves Google in the Dust - Google has an outsize image as the deft master of information. Its superior technology seems to pitilessly grind up its rivals.
Online Education goes Google - The first phase of The eLearning Center features more than 5,200 self-study or instructor-led courses in a broad range of subject areas, including business, career training certifications, medical training, continuing education courses, design, IT, motivation and many others.
Google and Moodle - Google is coming to an open source learning management system near you. Moodlerooms, a Moodle partner, is launching a new enhancement to the open source LMS in collaboration with search giant Google to provide access to the application suite using a single sign-on.

Videos

Google History

Google Search

Google Custom Search Engine

Using Google Cached

Google Earth

Classroom Examples

History Lesson - What do you notice? Is it consistent with our curriculum guides?
Visiting the 21 California Missions

Math Lesson- What do you notice?
Google Earth, Geometry, Geography

Reading/Writing Lesson - Are the elements of reading and writing present?
Google News

Google for Educators

• Tools for Classroom Use
  
• Google Teacher Academy
  
• Google Posters
  
• Teacher Community
  

Google Earth

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

Features

• Historical imagery from around the globe
• Ocean floor and surface data from marine experts
• Simplified touring with audio and voice recording

Sample Virtual Tours



Here are some ideas for using Google Earth in your classroom:

• Art History: Search for photos and user-created maps showing famous museums like the Louvre in Paris.
• Climatology: Celebrate the 2007-2008 International Polar Year and add your classroom's plans to this global map.
• Earth Science: Use this Google Maps Mashup to locate and learn about recent earthquakes around the world.
• Environmental Science: See how Google and the United Nations Environment Programme teamed up to use collaborative MyMaps for the International Cleanup Weekend Initiative.
• History: Take a virtual tour of the 21 California Missions.
• Physics: Learn how one teacher used Google Maps with his 9th grade class to teach speed, velocity and displacement.

Assessment

Instructions:

1. Reflect on what we have talked about tonight
2. Focus on one subject area that you feel you could incorporate Google
3. Use the paper provided to brainstorm ideas
4. Work with a partner to discuss how Google could be used (narrow down your focus to one Google App)

Reflection

"A lot has changed since the first Google search engine appeared. We have grown and expanded our offerings from a single service to dozens, often in as many languages. We now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. But some things haven't changed: our dedication to our users and our belief in the possibilities of the Internet itself." - Google Inc.

Useful Links

Why is Google Popular?

• Here are reasons why Google has many users and why those users frequently search using Google.

Google Support

• Visit our Help Centers to learn the ins-and-outs of Google products and solve any problems you encounter.

Google Site Map

• Site map listing other helpful links

Google Mobile

• The fastest way to search. Includes search by voice and local search. Quick access to Maps, Gmail, and more.

Google for Educators

• At Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That’s why we’ve assembled the information and tools you’ll find on this site.